LOOK: Chris Pratt is so excited to be playing Star-lord again!

Los Angeles - Chris Pratt has been "overwhelmed by feelings of enthusiasm, joy, gratitude, conviviality, camaraderie, elation and exhilaration" since he started working on Guardians of the Galaxy 2.

The 36-year-old actor has just started shooting the Marvel Studios sequel in which he reprises his role as Star-Lord and after getting stuck into the script he is beyond excited about bringing the story to life on the big screen.

As well as the return of Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, Vin Diesel, Bradley Cooper, Michael Rooker and Karen Gillan are all reprising their roles from the first film - which was released in 2014 and was a big box office success - while James Gunn will direct again.